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Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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- 6.4 mmol/L - Treatment ... /L - Emergency treatment ... cells • Insulin–Glucose ... Monitor K+ and Blood Glucose ... serum K+ and blood glucose
Hyperkalemia Management
Membrane Stabilizers:
 • Calcium gluconate
Shifters:
 • Insulin + glucose
 • Albuterol
Excreters:
 • Furosemide
 • Sodium
: • Insulin + glucose ... Hyperkalemia #Management #Treatment
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment Algorithm
ECG changes, weakness, K+ >6.5 Or renal insufficiency with K >5.5 with cellular
Emergent Hyperkalemia Treatment ... patients, monitor glucose ... g dextrose if glucose ... /dL or 50 g if glucose ... as a standalone treatment
Patient factors influencing the selection Of glucose-lowering drugs Other than SGLT2i and metformin in T2D and
the selection Of glucose-lowering ... SGLT2i. sodium-glucose ... CKD #management #treatment
Emergency Therapy of Hyperkalemia
Therapy - Dose and Route - Onset of Action - Duration of Effect
), Insulin and glucose ... pharmacology #table #treatment
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Potassium, Low Glucose ... Alkalinzation 3) Glucose ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Peritonitis - Spontaneous vs Secondary vs Peritoneal Dialysis Associated Peritonitis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
 • Cirrhosis (high SAAG)
PMN > 250 • Treatment ... protein > 1 g/dL, glucose ... Positive Culture • Treatment
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... Administration of glucose ... Encephalopathy • A prompt treatment
SGLT2 Inhibitors and Euglycemic DKA

Risk factors for euglycemic DKA in those on an SGLT2i include:
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serum or urine Treatment ... Maintenance of a glucose
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
IV insulin and glucose ... management #algorithm #treatment